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...Alexander it was just another day in the 1995 campaign, a marathon of mendicity that will do much to determine which G.O.P. hopefuls will survive to compete in the 1996 campaign. Like his counterparts in the race, Alexander calls fund raising "the 1995 primary" and says he needs to raise $20 million by the end of this year. Privately, fund raisers in his camp (and others') admit the real target is closer to $30 million. To pull it off, Alexander will attend 296 fund-raising events this year--a daunting schedule that is designed to raise, as Alexander's finance...
...alter, though she is known as a "Founding Member." She graduated last year, but she still comes to weekly meeting and gets together often with HRSFA members to watch movies. She is planning to line up at 3:00 a.m. this coming weekend for 24-hour sci-fi movie marathon in Brookline. When she invites any other members to join her, a couple replies that they would come just to see how much she'll pay for coffee...
...addition to melting snows, what swamped the Continent's richest countries under the century's highest water levels was a persistent stream of warm air blowing off the Atlantic and producing marathon rainfalls. Last month Belgium received more than three times its normal amount of rain. From the Rhine to the Loire and the North Sea, France too has been battered by Niagara-like downpours. Normandy and Brittany got almost one-third of their average annual rainfall from Jan. 17 to 28. In Rennes, the Breton capital, showers dropped an astonishing 70 liters of rain...
...bounced into a new political arrangement, one that Republicans could dominate for years to come. It was that prospect, the blood-tingling thought that they might be witnessing the start of a G.O.P. millennium, that brought a real fervor to the Republican side of the House on their marathon opening day. "Newt, Newt, Newt!" they chanted. "It's a whole Newt world...
...first time in 40 years, Republicans took control of both chambers of Congress. Pledging to strive for bipartisan cooperation, Newt Gingrich took up the Speaker's gavel and, as promised, immediately plunged the House into a marathon session devoted to enacting sweeping rule changes. Among the many provisions adopted (with Democratic support): committee staff reductions and the elimination of some committees and subcommittees; the opening of more committee meetings to the public and TV; and the imposition of limits on how long a member may serve as Speaker or committee chairman. The Representatives also voted to require a three-fifths...